Macklemore’s ‘Thrift Shop’ Scores Fifth Week At #1 On Singles Chart

The digital crystal ball should get a shakeup next week in the wake of Sunday’s Grammy Awards, but for now Macklemore and partner Ryan Lewis will hold on to the #1 spot on the Billboard Digital Songs chart with their breakthrough hit, “Thrift Shop,” which moved another 389,000 copies.

Bruno Mars got an immediate Grammy bump thanks to his all-star performance on the show, with “When I Was Your Man” jumping three spots to #4 as sales went up by 28 percent to 121,000. Another breakout Grammy performer,Justin Timberlake, saw some positive movement, as “Suit & Tie” was up three to #8 as sales picked up by 33 percent to 120,000.

After just one week at #1 with his fifth top debut
to date, Justin Bieber suffered a major fall in week two for Believe Acoustic,
dropping five spots as sales tailed off by 79 percent to 43,000. The singer’s two-week total now stands just shy of 255,000, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.

In the wake of their Grammy Album of the Year win, Mumford & Sons had a 50 percent jump, moving up three spots to #4 on sales of 54,000. The week’s top debut was popera singer Josh Groban, whose All That Echoes hit the #1 spot with 145,000 in sales, followed by country singer Tim McGraw at #2 with Two Lanes of Freedom (107,000). The NOW 45 compilation debuted at #3 (87,000), hard rockers Red were in at #7 with Release the Panic (41,000) and Coheed & Cambria snuck in at #9 with The Afterman: Descension (41,000).